Would-be robber flees when deer dashes by

Wednesday

Feb 29, 2012 at 12:01 AMFeb 29, 2012 at 11:30 AM

OXFORD, OHIO -- Authorities say a woman under assault got crucial help from a darting deer. Police in Oxford in Butler County said a man was choking a woman with her purse straps and punching her in the forehead when a deer jumped up and raced past, scaring the man away.

OXFORD, OHIO-- Authorities say a woman under assault got crucial help from a darting deer.

Police in Oxford in Butler County said a man was choking a woman with her purse straps and punching her in the forehead when a deer jumped up and raced past, scaring the man away.

Sgt. Jon Varley said the incident happened early Sunday after the woman left a party. He told The Cincinnati Enquirer that he canít recall anything similar in his 17-year career.